He became popular all over the country for starring in "Sanmao Wandering", and then partnered with Song Dandan, Zhang Weijian and many other big coffee, becoming a popular child star.
But later, when he returned from study, he ended up in a situation where there was no drama to film, he could only appear in variety shows, and he was angry by Song Dandan, you can't always consume feelings.
What's going on here? Today, Ziya is in a hurry, telling you the story of Sanmao Meng Zhichao.
Shaved head and starred in Sanmao
Born in Shanghai in 1987, Meng Zhichao was cheerful and outgoing since he was a child, and he was a well-known troublemaker.
In addition, he has a talent for singing and dancing beyond his peers, and every time he goes to a family gathering, he will go to perform and make people laugh.
When he was in elementary school, Meng Zhichao stayed in front of the TV as soon as he got out of school, he not only watched, but also liked to imitate, his parents saw that he liked acting so much, and on weekends, he sent him to Yindu Art School to learn acting.
Later, Sun Li, Hu Yanbin, and Yan Yikuan also studied art at this school.
In 1995, filming of China's earliest comic book work "Sanmao Wanderings" began, and the crew went all over the country to find actors. When Meng Zhichao's school teacher learned about this, he recommended him to try it with the crew.
When he arrived at the trial field, he was surprised to find that there were hundreds of children interviewing like him, and what he didn't know was that before that, a total of 6,000 people had signed up.
Some of them are handsome, some are expressive, they are all crouching tigers, hidden dragons, Meng Zhichao is among them, not very outstanding, so the director did not notice him at first.
But he still relied on his own ability to pass the layers of screening and saved it until the final round of auditions.
At that time, there were three children who were left behind with Meng Zhichao, and the director looked at them and couldn't make up his mind, so he said, our character needs to shave his head, and who of you shaves your hair, who is this role.
As soon as these words came out, when the other children were still hesitating, Meng Zhichao said to the stylist, cut my hair. This sentence made the director's eyes light up instantly and impressed him.
Therefore, with his outstanding ability and firm determination, Meng Zhichao successfully stood out from more than 6,000 people and won the role of Sanmao.
Before entering the crew, Meng Zhichao carefully studied the script, and when he learned that the protagonist was a poor child with yellow muscles, he felt that his appearance was not particularly suitable.
For this reason, at the age of 8, he began to lose weight, and within a month, he lost 15 pounds.
Shave your head again, but become bald
When the official filming, Meng Zhichao's understanding was very high, he studied the role of Sanmao very thoroughly, and when he played it, he seemed to be Sanmao himself.
Because the character has a miserable life and has experienced ups and downs, he wears rags throughout the play, and his face is either gray or muddy, but he never complains, nor does he have any idol baggage, and he just wants to play the role well.
But Meng Zhichao's efforts for this role are far more than that, because Sanmao only needs to leave the first three pinches of hair, so every two days, he has to get a haircut and maintain his style.
And the scissors were blunt and broke his scalp many times, but in order not to delay the progress, he never complained, and only endured without making a sound.
God did not pay off, in 1995, as soon as the drama version of "Sanmao Wandering" was broadcast, it occupied the top of the TV series ratings of that year.
As the first comic film in the mainland, from casting to finished film, it has made fans very satisfied, and it is inevitable to achieve good results. And Meng Zhichao, who played Sanmao, also quickly became popular and officially began his career as an actor.
When he was 12 years old, he starred in the Sanmao sequel. Since 2003, Meng Zhichao did not want to trap himself in Sanmao, so he decided to transform and star in other types of works.
At that time, the crew of "Cornucopia" found him, and when he heard it, he was cooperating with Zhang Weijian, and he invited him next without thinking.
Because this is a costume drama, he needs to shave his head and wear a hood.
Meng Zhichao thought that it was not the first time to cut his hair anyway, and he didn't think much about it, but due to the improper operation of the stylist, when he put a hood on him, he applied a lot of glue, but he did not clean it in the later stage, which caused these residues to attach to the scalp.
Meng Zhichao was still young at the time and his skin was tender, and this behavior hurt his hair follicles. But at that time, he didn't pay attention to it, and then continued to cooperate with Song Dandan and filmed the urban comedy "Father and Mother Forced Son Jackie Chan".
In this drama, he performed extremely well and was recognized by many predecessors.
Later, Meng Zhichao, who gradually entered puberty, also loved beauty, but he found that he had a place on his scalp and had not grown hair for a long time.
He was particularly anxious, and in order not to be laughed at by his classmates, he went out every day and wore a hat. Later, under the guidance of his parents, he went to many hospitals for treatment, but the effect was not obvious.
Later, he became inferior, introverted, and gradually stopped filming and disappeared from people's sight.
Consumption feelings, scolded by Song Dandan
After that, Meng Zhichao focused on his studies, and in 2011, after graduating from theater, he went to Japan to study choreography.
Later, he was not willing to be bald all his life, and as the technology matured, he decided to go for a hair transplant, and he was pricked with more than 300 needles before he regained a new hairstyle that looked thicker.
Meng Zhichao has more hair and more self-confidence. After returning from studying in Japan, he worked as a behind-the-scenes choreographer for several years, but he found that he still liked to be an actor.
However, the update speed of the entertainment industry is so fast, when he wants to make a comeback, he finds that it is already difficult. Except for filming a fantasy online drama, there were almost no scripts to find him.
In order to pull resources for himself, he began to run various variety shows, although most of the shows, asking him was only to let him talk about Sanmao's experience, but he had no choice but to repeat those old-fashioned stories over and over again.
During that time, Meng Zhichao was in a state of confusion, wandering on major stages, consuming the feelings of 20 years ago.
Later, when he appeared again as Sanmao on the variety show "Smiling Rivers and Lakes", although people felt nostalgic, more than ten years ago, Song Dandan, who played his mother, said bluntly, you can't play Sanmao all the time, you can't consume him anymore.
This sentence made Meng Zhichao wake up from a big dream, and realize that he seemed to have lost his original dream of being an actor. Later, he stopped on variety shows, and spent most of his time auditioning for major crews, and also successfully starred in works such as "Yan Yuntai".
Today, he is 36 years old, just shuttling through various small-cost crews, shooting some marginal roles, from being a hit, to no one, his first half of life can be described as a big dream.
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